Indeed they were hardy....but it reminds me of what Will Rogers had to say about pioneers: " I think if we just stopped and looked history in the face, a pioneer wasn't a thing in the world, but a guy that wanted something for nothing." LOL, hardy, yes, but looking for free land after he had exhausted the old land....... On 3/16/2005, "Jokagal@aol.com" <Jokagal@aol.com> wrote: >Thanks, Charlie. I also suspect that they went from Rhode Island to VA then >to Kanawha to Marietta to Gallia...in the span of twenty years.I find him >owning property in Kanawha in 1792 and 1793 and then around 1800 in Washington >County (perhaps earlier) and then Gallia in 1806. > >Makes me dizzy! The thought of doing that and dragging everything you own >and six children to boot. Those pioneers were hardy stock! > >Joanne Galvin > >Researching Northup, Hampton, McCall, Phelps, Blake, Daggett, Syler, >Berrridge,Plymale, Kinder, Cottrell, Gilbert > > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >If you want to unsubscribe to the list, send an email to OHGALLIA-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe in the text of the email. >